[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3435-3436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00821]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-255; NRC-2024-0024]


Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, and Holtec Palisades, 
LLC; Palisades Nuclear Plant; License Amendment Application; Withdrawal 
by Applicant

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted the 
request of Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (HDI), one of the 
licensees of the Palisades Nuclear Plant, an indirect wholly owned 
subsidiary of Holtec International (Holtec), and Holtec Palisades, LLC, 
to withdraw its application dated September 14, 2022, for a proposed 
amendment to the Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-20. The 
proposed amendment would have removed the Cyber Security Plan 
requirements contained in License Condition 2.E.

DATES: January 18, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2024-0024 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2024-0024. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information 
Contact section of this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

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(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, 
or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for 
each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the 
first time that it is mentioned in this document.
     NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an 
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tanya E. Hood, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-1387; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC has granted the request of Holtec 
Decommissioning International, LLC and Holtec Palisades, LLC (hereafter 
collectively referred to as the licensee), to withdraw its September 
14, 2022, application (ADAMS Accession No. ML22257A097) for proposed 
amendment to the Renewed Facility Operating License (RFOL) No. DPR-20 
for the Palisades Nuclear Plant (Palisades), located in Covert 
Township, Van Buren County, Michigan.
    The proposed license amendment would have revised the Palisades 
RFOL to remove the Cyber Security Plan (CSP) requirements contained in 
License Condition 2.E. This change was requested to support the 
decommissioning of Palisades. The license amendment proposed to revise 
the Palisades RFOL to remove the CSP requirements contained in License 
Condition 2.E. once Palisades spent fuel underwent a sufficient cooling 
period that would mitigate the risk of heat-up to clad ignition 
temperature within 10 hours.
    The Commission had previously issued a proposed finding that the 
amendment involves no significant hazards consideration, which was 
published in the Federal Register on November 29, 2022 (87 FR 73339), 
and there were no public comments on that finding or hearing requests 
with respect to the action. However, by letter dated December 12, 2023 
(ADAMS Accession No. ML23346A083), the licensee withdrew the proposed 
amendment.

    Dated: January 11, 2024.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Amy M. Snyder,
Acting Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of 
Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2024-00821 Filed 1-17-24; 8:45 am]
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